majorhan
03-16-07, 10:46 AM
BOY 'MURDERED FOR HIS DOG'
THESE KIDS WERE IN SCHOOL UNIFORM AND ONE OF THEM WAS WAVING A BIG KNIFE. THERE WAS SO MUCH HATRED AS THEY SHOUTED KILL! KILL HIM!
By Greig Box And Jake Morris 16/03/2007
A BOY of 16 was stabbed to death by a gang of children in school uniform who wanted to steal his bull terrier dog.
Vengeful young girls screamed "Kill him! Kill him!" as the 10-strong mob battered gentle Kodjo Yenga with sticks and poles.
It is claimed some of the attackers set their own dogs on the boy before stabbing him in the heart and leg. As Kodjo lay dying in a pool of blood in the street, they continued to kick his motionless body.
A witness said: "These boys wanted his dog. They like to boast about their animals and breed them for fighting. They'd threatened and bullied him for weeks.
"They were younger than him. But there was so much hatred. One was waving a massive knife. One was a well known local gang member. All were wearing school uniform."
Kodjo, a studious sixth former and member of a music group that penned anti-knife lyrics, is the fourth London teenager to be murdered in six weeks.
Last night police were probing claims he was killed by members of a West London gang called MDP - Murder Dem Pussies. The teenage thugs breed fighting dogs which they set on their victims.
Kodjo was targeted as he and his girlfriend Cookie, 15, walked Staffordshire bull terrier Zeeka in Hammersmith Grove, West London.
Cookie said last night: "A boy approached and asked Kodjo if he wanted a fight.
He said 'no' and the other guy said he was a pussy.
"Kodjo said 'Let's do this'. Then eight or nine of them appeared with knives, hammers and bats. They stabbed him twice in his heart and legs.
"I put his head on my lap and rocked him, saying "Please don't die. I need you, I need you." A paramedic told me his last words in the ambulance were 'Help Cookie. I love her'."
Shop worker Minaxi Patel said: "This gang picked up a pipe which they threw at the boy.
"There were about three girls with them who were screaming 'Kill him! Kill him!'"
A resident added: "I saw about 10 kids chasing one boy along the road. Some had 3ft wooden sticks from a skip. The boy had his arms up to protect himself as they hit him.
"There were some girls standing by looking very excited, as if they were enjoying the chase. It was like a lynch mob." Mariam McLeod was in her home opposite the scene, 100 yards from the home of movie star Ralph Fiennes, on Wednesday evening.
She said: "I heard a girl shouting 'What are you doing?' I opened the window and saw this black boy on his back in a pool of blood. A girl was on the phone crying."
Police arrived in minutes. Congolese-born Kodjo was taken to Charing Cross Hospital but died at 6.15pm. Best friend Bilal Ayonote said: "He'd had a fight on the day. Then more of them came and that's how he was killed.
"It was a case of Kodjo standing up for himself and being attacked."
Bilal said he had heard that the gang passed round the knife as they waded into the attack.
Another friend said: "Kodjo was a mild-mannered guy who loved school and was polite to everyone he met. He'd never look for trouble. He was ambitious and wanted to be a success."
Kodjo, who had 10 GCSEs, lived with his mother L'adjua in Ladbroke Grove, West London. His father is in Zaire.
He was studying four AS Levels at St Charles Sixth Form College, in Ladbroke Grove. Last night 100 friends laid flowers and lit candles at the murder scene.
Police said: "We urge anyone with information to come forward."
Seven males are being questioned. Four are 13, two are 15, and one is 21.
THESE KIDS WERE IN SCHOOL UNIFORM AND ONE OF THEM WAS WAVING A BIG KNIFE. THERE WAS SO MUCH HATRED AS THEY SHOUTED KILL! KILL HIM!
By Greig Box And Jake Morris 16/03/2007
A BOY of 16 was stabbed to death by a gang of children in school uniform who wanted to steal his bull terrier dog.
Vengeful young girls screamed "Kill him! Kill him!" as the 10-strong mob battered gentle Kodjo Yenga with sticks and poles.
It is claimed some of the attackers set their own dogs on the boy before stabbing him in the heart and leg. As Kodjo lay dying in a pool of blood in the street, they continued to kick his motionless body.
A witness said: "These boys wanted his dog. They like to boast about their animals and breed them for fighting. They'd threatened and bullied him for weeks.
"They were younger than him. But there was so much hatred. One was waving a massive knife. One was a well known local gang member. All were wearing school uniform."
Kodjo, a studious sixth former and member of a music group that penned anti-knife lyrics, is the fourth London teenager to be murdered in six weeks.
Last night police were probing claims he was killed by members of a West London gang called MDP - Murder Dem Pussies. The teenage thugs breed fighting dogs which they set on their victims.
Kodjo was targeted as he and his girlfriend Cookie, 15, walked Staffordshire bull terrier Zeeka in Hammersmith Grove, West London.
Cookie said last night: "A boy approached and asked Kodjo if he wanted a fight.
He said 'no' and the other guy said he was a pussy.
"Kodjo said 'Let's do this'. Then eight or nine of them appeared with knives, hammers and bats. They stabbed him twice in his heart and legs.
"I put his head on my lap and rocked him, saying "Please don't die. I need you, I need you." A paramedic told me his last words in the ambulance were 'Help Cookie. I love her'."
Shop worker Minaxi Patel said: "This gang picked up a pipe which they threw at the boy.
"There were about three girls with them who were screaming 'Kill him! Kill him!'"
A resident added: "I saw about 10 kids chasing one boy along the road. Some had 3ft wooden sticks from a skip. The boy had his arms up to protect himself as they hit him.
"There were some girls standing by looking very excited, as if they were enjoying the chase. It was like a lynch mob." Mariam McLeod was in her home opposite the scene, 100 yards from the home of movie star Ralph Fiennes, on Wednesday evening.
She said: "I heard a girl shouting 'What are you doing?' I opened the window and saw this black boy on his back in a pool of blood. A girl was on the phone crying."
Police arrived in minutes. Congolese-born Kodjo was taken to Charing Cross Hospital but died at 6.15pm. Best friend Bilal Ayonote said: "He'd had a fight on the day. Then more of them came and that's how he was killed.
"It was a case of Kodjo standing up for himself and being attacked."
Bilal said he had heard that the gang passed round the knife as they waded into the attack.
Another friend said: "Kodjo was a mild-mannered guy who loved school and was polite to everyone he met. He'd never look for trouble. He was ambitious and wanted to be a success."
Kodjo, who had 10 GCSEs, lived with his mother L'adjua in Ladbroke Grove, West London. His father is in Zaire.
He was studying four AS Levels at St Charles Sixth Form College, in Ladbroke Grove. Last night 100 friends laid flowers and lit candles at the murder scene.
Police said: "We urge anyone with information to come forward."
Seven males are being questioned. Four are 13, two are 15, and one is 21.